As the meat and poultry industry struggles to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, processing line speeds are increasingly becoming a point of contention. Unions representing meat-plant workers, and their allies in Congress, are pressing through legislation and litigation to roll back recent increases in permitted...
Food prices went up slightly in June, the second straight month of increase, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cost of food at home went up 0.7% in June, following a 1.0% increase in May – a state of affairs almost entirely...
It is important to take advantage of the unprecedented behavior change resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and speed up food safety initiatives across the globe. Fortunately, the theme of the United Nations’ second World Food Safety Day, which was celebrated on June 7, was...